monocle

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

monocle
    n 1: lens for correcting defective vision in one eye; held in
         place by facial muscles [syn: {monocle}, {eyeglass}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Monocle \Mon"o*cle\, n. [F. See {Monocular}.]
   An eyeglass for one eye. --Simmonds.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Eyeglass \Eye"glass`\, n.
   1. A lens of glass worn in front of the eye to assist vision;
      -- usually used in the plural, referring to a pair of
      lenses fixed together in a frame, and worn resting on the
      bridge of the nose, to improve the vision. A single
      eyeglass in a frame is called a {monocle}.
      [1913 Webster +PJC]

   2. Eyepiece of a telescope, microscope, etc.
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   3. The retina. [Poetic]
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   4. A glass eyecup. See {Eyecup}.
      [1913 Webster]

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

30 Moby Thesaurus words for "monocle":
      Polaroid glasses, bifocals, blinkers, cheaters, colored glasses,
      contact lens, dark glasses, divided spectacles, eyeglass,
      eyeglasses, glasses, goggles, granny glasses, harlequin glasses,
      horn-rimmed glasses, lorgnette, lorgnon, mini-specs, nippers,
      pair of glasses, peepers, quizzing glass, readers, reading glasses,
      shades, specs, spectacles, sun-specs, sunglasses, trifocals